Improvement in wagon-seats



tatet @anni g (B -THEoDoR DE KiMP, 0F KIRKsvILLE, MlssoURL Lezers Patent No. 90,082, dmaMay1e1s69.

rMPRQVBMENT IN WAGON-SEATS.

The Schedule referred toin' these Letters Patent and making part of the same. f

To all'who/m 'it ma/y ccnccm;

Be it known that I, THEoDoR DE KIMP, of Kirksville, iu the county of Adair, and State of Missouri,

have invented a new and valuable Improv/ement in Spring-Wagon Seats; and I dovhereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the. construction and operation of' the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, and tothe letters and gures of reference marked thereon; 4

Figure 1, of thedrawings, is a representationof a longitudinal section of my device. f Y vFigure 2 is a Itransverse section of the same. My invention relates to wagon-seats; and

`It consists, mainly, in constructing and arranging wooden springs `under such-seats, with clutches, `at theirrespective ends, to t over the sides of wagonboxes, and in means for clamping such springs withV great firmness, under the centre of the seat, and there- `by holding them securely.

. The letterA of the drawings, represents my wagonseat, and' l Letters B are two wooden springs, held in place byv means of the blocks a and c, and the screws s, as shown on gs..1 and 2.

, The screws s are passed through the bottom of the seat, through the springs B, and block c, asrepre#A sented, and when well adjusted, serve to clamp the 'springs rigidly between the blocks a and c, and hold them with great firmness and security.

The letters 'u are clutches, affixed to the ends of springs B, the oce of Awhich is to clutch over the sides of the wagon-body, and thereby keep the seat in place.

removable wagon-seat, easily adjusted tothe body of a lumber-wagon, at once neat, durable, and convenient. 4

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters .Patent, isv The combination and arrangement of the wagonseat A, wooden springs B, with their clutches c, blocks a and c, and screws s, substantially as and for the purposes herein specied. 4 In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribedmy name in the presence of two witnesses.

C THEODOR DE KIMP. Witnesses: y

HENRY F. MILLAN, A. BOWER.

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